President Leonel Fernandez left Santo Domingo on Saturday on the start of a 10-day trip around the United States and Puerto Rico. He will visit Miami, Washington, New York and Puerto Rico. According to Diario Libre, the President took a commercial flight out of Las Americas International airport to Miami where he participated in the Florida Consulting Board (see following story). From Miami, the chief executive will head to Washington to address the American Chamber of Commerce. He will be talking about the DR-CAFTA trade agreement. The following morning, Fernandez is having a breakfast meeting with Bob Portman, the US administrator for the DR-CAFTA agreement. Then it is off to New York City to attend a reception hosted by US President George W. Bush for the World Summit that will meet at the United Nations later this week. The summit will evaluate the fulfillment of the Millennium Objectives. After the reception, President Fernandez will be taking part in a panel discussion hosted by the Clinton Foundation, and later on, he will meet with business leaders. Next Monday, 19 September, the President will fly to Puerto Rico to sign a strategic alliance program with the governor of Puerto Rico Anibal Acevedo Vila before returning to the Dominican Republic.